Improvement in paper collars



UNITED STATES SAMUEL F. HILTON, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

IMPROVEMENT IN PAPER COLLARS.

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, SAMUEL F. HILTON, of the city and county ofProvidence and State of RhodeIsl and, have invented a new and ImprovedPaper Collar, of which the following is a specification, in whichreference is made to the accompanying drawing' making part of the same,in which- Figure l is a front view of my improved paper collar. Fig. 2is a view of the same unfolded. Fig. 3 is a view of the same with theedges of the collar doubled or folded into the required form.

Similar letters mark like parts in all the figures.

My invention relates to the construction of a turn-over collar with adoubled or folded edge in such a manner that the folded portion of theedge is permanently confined or secured in place by its form or shapeand manner of folding, wit-lr out the intervention of any other means;the object being to prevent the folded edge from being displaced by use,and to avoid the usual loose appearance of a folded edge.

The material is cut in the form or shape shown in Fig. 2. Itis thencreased at a for the collar O to turn over the binding B. It is alsocreased transversely at g g, near the two ends, and longitudillally, atd d near the edge, to determine the shape of the collar C, and thefolded portion or flaps F Fand E, which form the double edge. The iiapsF F, it will be seen, are so formed or shaped that the edge e will foldinto the turn- Specication forming part of Letters Patent N o. 118,803,dated September 12, 1871.

over crease a a, and its opposite edge P will fold diagonally from thecorners I of the collar and overlap the two ends of the long iiap E,which fold into the two end creases g g. The tiun-over of the collar (lon the binding' B confines and secures the end ila-ps F F in place bytheir edges e, doubled into the turn-over crease a. The diagonal edge Poverlaps and confines the two contiguous ends of the long rlap E in theend creases h g y at the corners, and the curvature of the collar O asit encircles the neck confines and secures the long Hap E between itsends, so that the en tire folded edge is coniined and secured in placeas cifectually as if' the flaps were stitched o1I gummed to the undersurface of the collar.

Turn-over cuffs may be constructed with a confined doubled or foldededge in a similar manner.

Simply folding' or doubling the material at the edge of the collar or'cuff is not new, nor herein claimed.

I claim- The double-edged collar described, in which the parts which arefolded over to form the edges of the collar are cut, substantially asshown, so as to be held in place by having their ends lodge in a fold,and also bythe overlapping of one fold upon the ends of another.

SAMUEL F. HILTON.

Witnesses:

' WILLIAM BROWNELL,

ISAAC A. BROWNELL.

